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Apart vs Separated - What's the difference?

apart | separated |

As an adverb apart

is separately, in regard to space or company; in a state of separation as to place; aside.

As a preposition apart

is apart from.

As an adjective separated is

detached; not connected or joined; two or more things stand apart.

As a verb separated is

past tense of separate.

apart

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • Separately, in regard to space or company; in a state of separation as to place; aside.
  • * (rfdate)
  • Others apart sat on a hill retired.
  • * (rfdate) Ps. iv. 3.
  • The Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself.
  • In a state of separation, of exclusion, or of distinction, as to purpose, use, or character, or as a matter of thought; separately; independently
  • Consider the two propositions apart .
  • Aside; away.
  • * (rfdate) Jas. i. 21.
  • Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness.
  • * (rfdate)
  • Let Pleasure go, put Care apart .
  • In two or more parts; asunder; to piece
  • to take a piece of machinery apart .

    Antonyms

    * together

    Derived terms

    * apartness * apart from * fall apart * pull apart * set apart * take apart * tell apart * worlds apart

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • (following its objective complement) apart from.
  • A handful of examples apart , an English preposition precedes its complement.

    separated

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • detached; not connected or joined; two or more things stand apart.
  • (of spouses) estranged; living apart but not divorced.
  • Usage notes

    When used in cooking to describe eggs in which the yolk and white have been disjoined from each other, it is more commonly used in the appositive form (two eggs, separated'') than in the usual position for an English adjective (''two separated eggs ).

    Antonyms

    * combined * unified * united

    Verb

    (head)
  • (separate)
  • Anagrams

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